A nice stroll around a very mild Lady Bradford's woods and the adjacent Castle Bromwich kirkyard today, any self respecting wildlife observer will know what a great place grave yards are for observing wildlife and birdwatching, if you're one of the uninitiated get yourself down to a local grave yard and you might be surprised, according to a local I spoke to last year, some Green Woodpeckers reside in Castle Bromwich kirkyard but I'm yet to see any yet, but it definitely is a great place for Wren, Song Thrush, Blackbird and scores of songbirds. Birds spotted today were, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Bullfinch, Wren, Robin, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Starling, Blackbird, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon and a Buzzard circling overhead. Spring is definitely around the corner judging by the rise in bird song, especially the Robins, there was loads of great bird song today, drowning out the noise from the nearby Collector Road, but that isn't surprising, because if do your research the birds that live near built up areas do sing louder than their country cousins because they have to compete with all the man made noise. I saw a nice little flock of a dozen or so all white pigeons in the sky then coincidentally I saw the remains of a kill on the floor moments later which appeared to the remnants of one of the white pigeons, all in all I saw the remains of three bird kills today. I don't think the raptors go short in the woods, because there are always plenty of Woodpigeon, there was fifty plus in two separate trees today, as well as their feral cousins, obviously there are always plenty of corvids and song birds as well. I saw a flock of six, is six a flock ? of Bullfinch today, three male and three female, I always see said flock in roughly the same place so I would guess they are resident at the woods, it is the same spot I've seen four Goldcrest a couple of times in the past but unfortunately I haven't seen them this year yet.
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